same thing you would see at tsa. is that a fair statement under any circumstances the goal sur's ing to make sure those folks understandheir numbe one missio that's thegoal. >> is tveling -- so i want t take som exception. i undetand there's philosoplssues butgain people don't go into these jobs and say, ge if the union doesn't do this, i'm not going to keep the public safe. do you have that feeling that they would do that? >> well, i really don't have that nse, senator. obviously coming from my, you know, 27 years athe fbi, nonunion collective bargaining. >>ou've worked as an fbi -- >> all the time. task forces acrosshe country. >> you probably cannot tell me which ones are union or not union? >> someare. some aren't. >> you could probably tell me would are the best officers. >> sure. >> it's irrelevant if they belonged to a bargaining union or not because that nevernters thediscussion. >> that's fair. >> i apologize. i had no interest in talng about is issue. again, as a mayor who managed public safety officers, i

we need toontinually improve what we do at tsa.men and womenho protect the aviation sector need to be able to quickly respond to changing counterterrorism tactics so wean thrt adv adversies and ptect paengers without gting a sign-off are a union boss. the secret service, coast ard, theilitary andhe fbi where you re second in command realized this lon ago and prohibit collective aining. additionally youan't have a security workforce tha has rigidtandardized ocedures. the procedures tt are pt and parcel of aollective bargaining agreement are exactly th kind of produres terrorists can survey and defeat. it's frurating that the ameran feration of government employees on their website, they ask for exactly that theysk howt would -- what would it mean to you? the union states they're promising that workplace rules will be improved and standard. this is a threat to national security and complety unacceptable and i hope you wil do everything you can to ensure that the union demands -- yes, sir. i'll jusinclude the rest of this in my questi

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